Chicago's Heritage Museum of Asian Art is hosting their Cultural Festival for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Elda, a bustling urban centre, stands out as a prime example of industrial progress, boasting expansive spaces, lush greenery, and well-kept attractive corners. Renowned for its footwear production and global export activity, the city takes pride in its Footwear Museum, Europe’s foremost institution dedicated to this industry. Rooted in Arab origins, Elda’s urban development began […]
By JULIA DIAS CARNEIRO and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The passinho is a Brazilian dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. And it has been declared an “intangible cultural heritage” of the state of Rio, bringing recognition to a cultural expression born in the
The passinho is a Brazilian dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas
By JULIA DIAS CARNEIRO and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The passinho is a Brazilian dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. And it has been declared an “intangible cultural heritage” of the state of Rio, bringing recognition to a cultural expression born in the
From the death of Osama bin Laden (as announced by Dwayne Johnson) to the rise of Donald Trump, from #TheDress to the Oscars slap, it’s impossible to imagine the last twenty or so years of global cultural history without Twitter, the microblogging platform that no one has ever referred to as “X.” And over the past two decades, no subsection of the app’s vast user base has produced more enduring memes, more culture-shifting social-justice hashtags, and more pure comedy than the cohort known as...
The New York Times Denounces Cancel Culture After Fueling Cancel Culture For Years Authored by Jonathan Turley, For those of us who have criticized the cancel culture in higher education for years, the attacks and shunning have been unrelenting. The media has played a role in that culture and none more prominently than the New York Times. Recently, however, the mob came for liberal professors and media who have remained silent for years as conservatives and others were targeted on...
With its first direct foray into India, the US-based sportswear company is looking to cash in on the growing athleisure market in the country
Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a rebellion close to home. Young people — least inclined to deference, most inclined to moral outrage — are leading public opposition to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. The campus upheaval is a clash between accepting and resisting, More
Are you a pop culture fiend who’s ever watched Jeopardy! and thought, “Hmm I bet I could do that, but I don’t know enough about old coins or rock formations or what former presidents ate for breakfast”? Now might be your time to shine. Prime Video announced a new twist on the classic game show today (via Variety): Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which is exactly what it sounds like. Contestants who may not know George Washington’s birthday or Andrew Jackson’s star sign, but definitely know Kerry...
In my last column, I wrote about the role we all share in safeguarding our heritage.
It's been over a year since Bud Light made the disastrous decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. If you asked me then whether a boycott of Bud Light would work, even if for a little while, I would have said, "Absolutely not." But something strange happened. Bud Light, which Anheuser-Busch owns, is, to this day, still struggling to make up for that horrible mistake. Bud Light sales are still falling.